Garth Jones : MSN

SMSUG.ca Forums

Garth — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:44:41 GMT

I have decided that the forums on www.SMSUG.ca are not being used and due to some SPAMMER populating the membership list, I have closed them down. This is a good thing as it means I will arrange for the site to be convert to a blog only site. With the new site will come a new look a feel. (wait for it)

If you are looking for ConfigMgr , SCCM , SMS, v.Next Forums then I suggest:

www.faqshop.com/forums/

www.myitforum.com/forums

social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/configurationmanager

2010 myITforum Donation

Garth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:39:34 GMT

With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation of $250 USD to MyITForum (MIF).

Why do I do it? Well as a past User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca, I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is small in comparison to MIF! Our network traffic is nothing compared to what the MIF site gets. I’m will to bet that the network traffic to the MIF site in less than 12 hours, is the equivalent of what the www.OWSUG.ca gets in one year! I will also tell you that it cost more that $350 as year (USD) to host the www.OWSUG.ca site. Yes that is about $1 a day for a small user group site! I hate to see what MIF spends each month!

So, have you made a donation to your community yet? http://www.myitforum.com/donations/myITpaypal.asp

Windows Messenger and Window 7

Garth — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:45 GMT

So are you like me and don’t understand why MSN has to sit task bar taking up real estate? Well here is the answer to fix this big annoyance!

First browse to Messenger directory

32bit: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger

64bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger

Find msnmsgr.exe, right click and click Properties

Select the Compatibility tab

Select Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)

Reboot

Once you reboot you might have to unpin it from the task bar but it will no longer sit on the taskbar!

Hooray for small miracles!